Introduction
The history of hip-hop culture starts at the time when social instability in the United States was dumped by the Cold War and social intolerance. The latter seems to reflect the real thing about the way rappers and “prophets” of hip-hop urge to demonstrate their outrage. It is a recitative form of a song in which sorrows and joys experienced mainly by the Black half of the American society. Thus, more attention should be paid to those who created this genre in music and developed it into the way it sounds today.
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The discography which is represented in the 3rd disc gives a scope of understanding of the main things which worried rappers at the time. Here one should notice the themes of murder and unfair attitudes of the authority toward “street children,” so to speak. Cypress Hill is perhaps one of the most famous gangster-rap bands. In the song How I could just kill a man he highlights the following rhymes: “And my magnum takin out some puto’s” (ohhla).
Digable Planets are more dedicated to the evolution of street music in the United States in Cool Like That: “Like sixties funky worms with waves and perms” (ohhla). Such notes of pride and joy (when music plays) make one think over the real soul of a rapper. Public Enemy by Fight The Power wanted t prescribe some democratic values the band secures in their songs: “Our freedom of speech is freedom or death” (ohhla).
Here comes Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr.Dre with Nuthin’ But a G Thang. This song takes notice of a willingness of such eminent rappers to illuminate what drives rappers for real: “And I’mma continue to put the rap down, put the mac down” (ohhla.com). MC Hammer, on the other hand, sings about the scene from Bible when Moses faced with God. Thus, the main theme is that “U Can’t Touch This” (ohhla). To continue, Geto Boys through the lyrics in My Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me incorporate the idea of doubtful actions on a doubtful way of an ordinary man living on the street unpampered by the charms of life: “I live by the sword” (ohhla).
Ice Cube in No Vaseline makes some assumptions on reasons for personal rage: “I put that on my mama and my dead homeys” (ohhla). That is the thing in question – he wants racial justice when betrayal takes place. Guys in Digital Underground are more inclined to have fun by insolent actions everywhere they appear. In The Humpty Dance it sounds like that: “The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump” (ohhla).
It is not that different pursuant to OutKast and their song Crumblin’ Erb. The guys are likely to sing about objective reality indicating everything that goes wrong: “I run my lyrics the way y’all wanna hear ’em” (ohhla.com). The whole idea of hip-hop does not simply come down to rage, violence, or murders. Here the features of love to a girl are predominant as well. Just like it does Common Sense in I Used To Love Her. It is about the relationships which come out to be: “And what I loved most she had so much soul” (ohhla).
Conclusion
On the whole the list of the songs which are included into the 3rd disc compilation encompasses the overall evaluation of the main themes for lyrics. In this respect the main ones are violence (Stop the Violence Movement), rage (Cypress Hill), social hatred (Ice Cube), faith (MC Hammer), love (Common Sense), piece (Queen Latifa), joy (Vanilla Ice), and sorrow (Tupac).
Works cited
Abe, Daudi. Seattle Central: Community College. 2010. Web.
Ohhla. The Original Hip Hop Lyrics Archive. 2010. Web.